Amal Abdirahman campaigning to become president in Somalia 2020‏

A civil rights activist is aiming to become the first female president in Somalia in what is expected to be an historic election.

Amal Abdirahman, who has lived in Enfield for four years, will be running to become the first female president in Somalia in a plea to ensure equality and improve standards in the country after a Civil War.

Brought up in Mogadishu in Somalia, the aspiring candidate for the Somali Women Democratic Party (SWDP) saw the war break out as a 15-year-old schoolgirl.